Pain over a year after brachioplasty. Is this normal?

Thank you for your question regarding what to do about your arms after an arm lift , arm reduction, or brachioplasty.
I would suggest you seek another plastic surgeon who specializes in arm lifts. In addition, I would also suggest a pain management doctor to manage your pain. It is altogether likely that you may need an arm lift revision. This may require an arm scar incision or a complete arm lift revision. Please do not give up. Travel out of state if you must to find such an arm lift expert.  Seek other consultations with experienced, arm lift plastic surgeons and pain management specialist. If you have any more questions regarding an arm lift, arm reduction, arm lift revision, Brachioplasty,  or plastic surgery in general, please contact my officeSincerely, Dr. Katzen. 
(Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and member of the American Society Plastic Surgeons, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, and Fellow of American College of Surgeons and American Board for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

I'm sorry to hear of your discomfort. No it is is not normal to experience daily issues from your surgery one year out. If you aren't comfortable going to your surgeon I recommend visiting another board certified plastic surgeon near you for an evaluation.

Thank you for your question. It is not normal to still have pain 1 year after brachioplasty surgery. My suggestion would be to scheduled a consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon to determine what is causing your discomfort, as well as to discuss what options may be available to you to fix it. Take care. 

Thank you for your question.  Pain lasting this long is atypical.  There are a lot of nerves scattered across your body, and surgery can cause trauma to them with unusual results.  One cause may be due to a nerve ending that didn't heal correctly resulting in a neuroma.  This can be treated with surgery.  A plastic surgeon can evaluate you for this as well as fix the other cosmetic issues you are having.  

Hi there, and thank you so much for this question.
It would be very unusual to be suffering the problems you describe, one year on from surgery and I would want to understand why this is happening to you. Sometimes liposuction can damage or bruise the sensory nerves in the upper arm, if any nerves were cut then they could develop into painful neuromas though I suspect that is not the case with you. Occsionally it is just a prolonged reaction of the nerves after surgery but if so the problem can be tackled by massage, desensitisation exercises or ancillary non-surgical modalies of treatment; sometimes if pain is severe even referral to a pain specialist - again I would not think that this would be the case for you but the basis of any advice would be predicated on you being fully assessed by a fully qualified and experienced plastic surgeon. 
I do hope that this answer has been helpful for you and my very best wishes for improving your long term outcome from brachioplasty.

Thank you for your question. If you are experiencing issues one year post surgery, I would recommend scheduling a consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon so you can be seen in person to determine what is going on. Hope this helps! 

Thank you for your question.No this is not normal, please talk to your surgeon some times this can be due a nerve pinch . Some test have to be done.Hope this helps .